5.40.060 Solid waste containers – Required – Use – Exceptions

5.40.060 Solid waste containers – Required – Use – Exceptions.

The following provisions are applicable to solid waste containers for removal of solid waste pursuant to the provisions of 5.40.040.

(1) Required. The person in charge of a premises shall keep a sufficient number of solid waste containers on that premises for the collection of solid waste from that premises. A sufficient number of solid waste containers is that number which will allow solid waste to be collected and removed from the premises consistent with the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

In interpreting the requirements of this subsection (1), it shall be understood that

(a) when a premises is a unit of a duplex, triplex, or quadplex, service for the collection of solid waste from that premises may be shared with one or more of the other units of the duplex, triplex, or quadplex if the shared service is obtained by the use of a dumpster or a self-contained, liquid-tight compacting solid waste container as opposed to a garbage can for shared service which is not allowed, except as provided in subparagraph 1(c).

(b) the residents of a unit or units of one duplex, triplex, or quadplex complex may share solid waste collection service with residents of another unit or units in a different duplex, triplex, or quadplex complex if a dumpster or self-contained, liquid-tight, compacting solid waste container as compared to a garbage can is used for solid waste collection; and the duplexes, triplexes, or quadplexes are located on adjoining properties, and are owned by the same person. In no case may any combination of duplex, triplexes, or quadplexes greater than two (2) buildings share solid waste collection service, except as provided in subparagraph 1(c).

(c) Two units of a duplex, triplex, or quadplex may share the use of a sixty-eight gallon solid waste container of a type that can be emptied by a solid waste collector using an automated system. A sixty-eight gallon solid waste container may not be shared by any more than two units of a duplex, triplex, or quadplex.

(d) shared service allowed under (a) or (b) above does not relieve the person in charge of a premises that includes a duplex, triplex, or quadplex from the requirement that each unit thereof shall be a rate payer in the mandatory curbside recycling program.

(2) Use. The person in charge of a premises shall assure that

(a) all solid waste is collected from that premises.

(b) except as provided in subsection (3), all solid waste is deposited in solid waste containers, and under no circumstances is garbage deposited in any container other than a solid waste container.

(d) solid waste containers other than dumpsters and self-contained, liquid-tight, compacting solid waste containers do not weigh more than seventy-five pounds when full.

(e) each lid to a solid waste container is tightly in place at all times except when solid waste is being placed in or removed from the solid waste container.

(f) the contents of each solid waste container flows freely from it at the time it is emptied by a solid waste collector using the normal method of emptying that particular type of solid waste container.

(g) solid waste containers are properly and timely placed for collection of solid waste on the premises and removal of solid waste from the premises.

(a) Boxes and crating. Large wooden, cardboard, and synthetic boxes and crating that will not collapse to a size which easily fits into the largest solid waste container on the premises may be left near a solid waste container for removal and disposal by a solid waste collector,

(i) if they are collapsed and bundled to a size and weight which allows all of the bundle to be easily picked up by a solid waste collector; and,

(ii) if the bundle is sufficiently secured for it and its contents to remain in place until picked up by a solid waste collector.

(b) Prunings. Prunings of trees, bushes, and other vegetation, and other yard waste that do not easily fit into the largest solid waste container on the premises may be left near a solid waste container for removal and disposal by a solid waste collector,

(i) if they are cut and bundled or packaged to a size and shape which allows all of the bundle or package to be easily picked up by a solid waste collector; and,

(ii) if the bundle or package is sufficiently secured for it and its contents to remain in place until picked up by a solid waste collector.

(c) Recyclable solid waste. The recycling of recyclable solid waste materials is highly encouraged. Curbside pickup of recyclable solid waste is the most efficient method of accomplishing this recycling goal. Solid waste for waste recycling such as glass containers, aluminum and tin cans, plastic containers, cardboard, newspapers, and other commercially marketable items for which the solid waste collector serving that premises has a market and is willing to remove and dispose of may be collected by a solid waste collector. A solid waste collector whose tariffs have been approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to include fees for collecting and recycling recyclable materials may charge those fees. Collection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.40.085. (Ord. 12-9 §1, 2012; Ord. 97-27 §1, 1997; Ord. 96-21 §3, 1996; Ord. 95-21 §2, 1995; Ord. 93-18 §2, 1993; Ord. 90-13 §6, 1990).